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CVHS Marchers Prepare Fall Drill By Ann Mead Ash
In 2019, the Conestoga Valley High School (CVHS) marching band mastered the drill and music for a show called “The Architect,” a four-movement program
that compared the work of a designer to the questions people encounter and the outside influences that come into play in shaping their own lives. The band took that show to several competitions, including taking part in the American
Division of Cavalcade of Bands. This year, preparing a fall show has been a lot less structured for director Brandon Nase and the 50-member band. “It has been quite a journey to this point,” said Nase, who was finally able
to hold band camp at the school from Aug. 10 through 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. each evening. “We started with a show back in February,” recalled Nase. “We switched (to another) in June, and we switched (again) a couple weeks ago.” See CVHS Marchers pg 4
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Conestoga Valley High School marching band members practiced social distancing as they worked on the fall drill during band camp at the school in August.
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HOPE International Plans 20th Annual Golf Tournament
Ministry Reaches Out To Victims Of Blast
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By Ann Mead Ash
Jeff Rutt, founder of HOPE International, is keenly aware of the worldwide impact of COVID-19. HOPE International is a nonprofit organization that seeks to alleviate poverty in all its forms - spiritual, material, social, and personal. Over its more than 20-year history, the organization, with offices at 227 Granite Run Drive, Suite 250, Lancaster, has done that by loaning out more than $1 billion and helping to start savings groups among about a million clients in 16 countries. Now, those clients, who
When Drew Metcalf, who together with his wife, Cindy, founded We Help Children, was in Beirut, Lebanon, in early March, he found it to be a wonderful place. “When I was there, it was a See We Help Lebanon pg 7
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Corine (right in left photo), a HOPE International client who lives in Zimbabwe, reacted to a loss of income due to COVID-19 by starting a bakery with other members of her savings group.
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Charbel, a partner with We Help Children stationed in Beirut, grabbed a broom and helped to clean up after the Aug. 4 port explosion (left photo). Charbel shared treats with some new young friends (right photo).
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